English Explanatory Dictionary

Minnesota

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Capital: Saint Paul. Largest city: Minneapolis.
  2. A tributary of the Mississippi River in southern Minnesota.
  3. A former territory (1849–1858) of the United States, encompassing the modern state and part of the Dakotas. Capital: Saint Paul.
  4. The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Pronunciation

/ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə/ [ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊɾə] en-us-Minnesota.ogg en-us-Minnesota-1.ogg

Word forms

Minnesota

Etymology

From Lakota mní šóta (literally “cloudy water”).

Synonyms

North Star State

Derived words

Minnesota ice Minnesotan Minnesota nice Minnesota whist MN

Translations

Arabic: مِينِيسُوتَا Bengali: মিনেসোটা Bulgarian: Минесо́та Chinese Mandarin: 明尼蘇達州 /明尼苏达州 Chinese Mandarin: 明尼蘇達 /明尼苏达 Czech: Minnesota Danish: Minnesota Esperanto: Minesoto Finnish: Minnesota French: Minnesota Galician: Minnesota Georgian: მინესოტა German: Minnesota Greek: Μινεσότα Hebrew: מינסוטה Hindi: मिनेसोटा White Hmong: Misnisxaustas Icelandic: Minnesota Japanese: ミネソタ州 Japanese: ミネソタ Khmer: មីនីសូតា Korean: 미네소타 Lao: ມິນນິໂຊຕາ Lao: ມິນເນໂຊຕາ Macedonian: Минесо́та Navajo: Mínisóodah hahoodzo Ojibwe: Minisooding Persian: مینسوتا Polish: Minnesota Portuguese: Minnesota Russian: Миннесо́та Spanish: Minnesota Thai: มินนิโซตา Turkish: Minnesota Ukrainian: Міннесо́та Uyghur: مىننېسوتا Yiddish: מינעסאָטאַ
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